Plaque figurine with nude female in low relief
Details
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Title
Plaque figurine with nude female in low relief
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Associated place
Tell Jezer (find spot) -
Date
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Material and technique
terracotta, mould-made
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Object type
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Dimensions
12 cm (height)
4.9 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1912.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1912.621
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Catalogue text
Mouldmade; baked; buff fabric; nude female with curling ("Hathor"); sidelocks of hair, multiple necklace, bracelets and anklets; genitals emphasized with incised lines; both feet facing to the right; long fingered hands clasping the breasts; the figure is flanked by two sets of lotus flowers: that framing her lower body has upright flowers, that framing her upper body has flowers bent over to touch at the top of the centre of the plaque.
In: Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)
Further reading
Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), 300, p.189, illus. p.18
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